{"id":124080,"date":"2026-02-05T17:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124080\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:55:15","slug":"lineup-revealed-for-manhattan-theatre-clubs-2026-ted-snowden-reading-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124080\/","title":{"rendered":"Lineup Revealed For Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2026 Ted Snowden Reading Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLineup Revealed For Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2026 Ted Snowden Reading Series<\/p>\n

The rehearsed reading series will feature four new plays this year.<\/p>\n

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Jaclyn Backhaus
\n Playwrights Horizons <\/p>\n

Manhattan Theatre Club<\/a> has announced the lineup of plays to be showcased in their 2026 Ted Snowdon Reading Series, which supports and develops innovative new work. Readings will be held on Mondays March 9\u201330 at New York City Center<\/a> \u2013 Stage I. All readings are free and open to the public, with limited space and RSVPs required.<\/p>\n

C.A. Johnson’s\u00a0Lagniappe will be presented March 9 at 4 PM. Directed by Eric Ting, the play follows the day-to-day lives of residents of New Orlean’s\u00a0Bunche Village subdivision as they find community at the local corner store.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dylan Guerra’s\u00a0Signaling\u00a0will be presented March 16 at 4 PM. The work, directed by\u00a0Estefan\u00eda Fadul, is set at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, as American astrophysicist Frank Drake and others craft the Arecibo Message to be sent into space, hoping to convey a message of humanity to the other lifeforms that may or may not be out in the universe.<\/p>\n

Jaclyn Backhaus’\u00a0The Collectivists\u00a0will be presented\u00a0March 23 at 4 PM, centering on\u00a0a\u00a0young woman caring for her elderly father with dementia.\u00a0Zo\u00eb Adams<\/a> will direct.<\/p>\n

Written and performed by Benjamin Scheuer,\u00a0A Mountain for Elodie will be presented March 30 at 4 PM.\u00a0S\u00e9im\u00ed Campbell will direct the piece exploring how the birth of\u00a0Scheuer’s daughter Elodie helped him realize\u00a0the closure he thought he\u2019d found with his own long-dead father needed to be re-examined.<\/p>\n

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